Bill Gates Net Worth

What is Bill Gates net worth? How much is Bill gates earning? Is he richer than Carlos Slim?

Bill Gates is an American Business magnate most famous as a co-founder of Microsoft, world’s largest PC software company. Bill has been world’s richest person since 2014. Previously he was on the top list of world’s richest persons from 1995 to 2007. In 1987 Bill Gates becomes the youngest self-made billionaire at the age of 32.

bill gates net worth

Gates parents wanted a law career for him. At the age of 13 gates grew interested in programming. He formed a venture called Traf-O-Data with Paul Allen in 1972. Gates then joined Harvard College but did not have the definite study plan. When MITS Altar 8800 microcomputer based on Intel 8080 CPU was released in 1975 Bill saw an opportunity for operating system software and founded Microsoft with Paul Allen.